The Beautiful Summer (2023)
- Original title
- La bella estate
- Directed by
- Laura Luchetti
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 66 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Set in 1930s Italy, a young woman experiences first love and the harsh realities of growing up. The story follows her through a summer of hope and eventual disappointment.
slow-burnnostalgicmelancholictenderbittersweetintimatevisually lushcontemplative
What happens
The Beautiful Summer is a 2023 Italian drama film written by Laura Luchetti, Greta Scicchitano and Mario Iannuzziello and directed by Luchetti. It is loosely based on a novella by Italian author Cesare Pavese, first published in Italian as La bella estate in 1940 and then in a collection of three novellas under the same name in 1949. The film, like the novella, is set in 1930s (1938 specifically in the film) Italy and is a coming of age story of juvenile love, hope and defeat. The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
The Land of Women (2023)
Goliath (2023)
Amen (2023)
The Return (2022)
La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario (2023)
Where The Wind Blows (2023)
Girls don't cry (2022)
Finally Dawn (2023)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.